Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator | Tim Urban | TED

So in college, I was a government major, which means I had to write a lot of papers.

所以大学时我主修政府学，这意味着我得写很多论文。

Now, when a normal student writes a paper, they might spread the work out a little like this.

现在，普通学生写论文时，可能会像这样把任务分散开来。

So, you know -- (Laughter) you get started maybe a little slowly, but you get enough done in the first week that, with some heavier days later on, everything gets done, things

所以，你知道——（笑声）——你可能开始得慢一点，但第一周能完成足够的进度，这样后面几天忙一点，事情就能搞定。

stay civil.

保持平稳有序。

(Laughter) And I would want to do that like that.

（笑声）而我原本打算就那样做。

would be the plan.

那才是我的计划。

I would have it all ready to go, but then, actually, the paper would come along, and then I would kind of do this.

我本来准备就绪，可论文一来，我就变成了这样。

(Laughter) And that would happen every single paper.

（笑声）每篇论文都是如此。

But then came my 90-page senior thesis, a paper you're supposed to spend a year on.

但后来我那篇90页的毕业论文来了，那是本该花一年时间完成的论文。

And I knew for a paper like that, my normal work flow was not an option.

我知道对于这样的论文，我平时的写作流程行不通了。